How to Make It to the Olympics in Judo - An Interview with Jimmy Pedro

How to Make It to the Olympics in Judo - An Interview with Jimmy Pedro - The Shintaro Higashi Show

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5 ай бұрын

How do you actually make it to the Olympics in Judo? Is it just a matter of being skilled at Judo, or does it involve much more? In this special episode, sponsored by ⁠FUJI Sports (fujisports.com/)⁠, Shintaro sits down with Jimmy Pedro, a 2-time Olympic bronze medalist and world champion, to discuss what it really takes to become an Olympian in Judo. How should you train? Which competitions should you enter? Where can you secure funding? Find answers to all these questions and more in this episode!
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@Byzantios1 5 ай бұрын

I remember Coach Jimmy at Shidokan in Montreal. He did a stint there when he competed and then brought the US kids up when he was team coach. I also used his grip strategy which improved my game significantly.

@RBC0405 5 ай бұрын

Pedro is a legend.

@wanderer5200 5 ай бұрын

Great to hear from Jimmy Pedro. Thanks for the share.

@ryanwilliams9984 5 ай бұрын

These are awesome! Thanks to you both

@mrt862 5 ай бұрын

So cool. Thanks to both of you ♥

@Koga_fan_013 5 ай бұрын

Could you do another hang with Travis?

@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 5 ай бұрын

i sometimes wonder if travis regrets devoting so much of his effort to something which eventually was not financially lucrative. not that money is the be all and end all of course. but damn if you devote your life to being amongst the absolute best, then you want to be comfortable at the end. i doubt travis's youtube makes a tiny fraction of something like babish, for example, and i don't know about sponsors and prize money but i imagine in judo it's not a sizeable amount, same goes for shintaro - i hope they do well. they are people i have enormous admiration for, and i speak as a man who gave years of his own life to grappling, i do wonder if i had put those efforts into other areas what i could have achieved.

@theguy7878 2 ай бұрын

But I feel like he only got that far because he honestly enjoyed it. So basically for you to get that far in anything … you have to enjoy it so you don’t burn out. So if he tried something else simply because of the money… he wouldn’t get far because he would eventually burn out.

@billboland3446 5 ай бұрын

Best show yet! I

@thanhbuidux2308 5 ай бұрын

man i miss Judo, I am currently out for three months, because of a rotator cuff surgery

@Anonymous.Wisper 5 ай бұрын

I would say the Olympic gold for judo might be less prestigious than being top in Japan.

@Mutex50 5 ай бұрын

I'm really curious - what happens if you do really well at one weight class, but want to switch? Do you start back at zero points?

@aqiria 5 ай бұрын

If you're referring to the international scene, yes, you start from zero.

@Mutex50 5 ай бұрын

@@aqiria So if someone were to win a Grand Prix at 73 kg and wants to compete in another Grand Prix at 81 kg he has to do every thing over? He has to win national tournaments at 81kg and then win an open international tournament at 81 kg until he can compete at a Grand Prix or a Grand Slam at 81 kg?

@aqiria 5 ай бұрын

@@Mutex50 I don't know how the local selection for the team of the US works in such cases, but if you compete internationally, you will start at 0 points in new weight category on the world ranking list (they're eligible to compete at grand prix/grand slam regardless of the ranking, as long as the US federation sends them).

@Anonymous.Wisper 5 ай бұрын

Hold both categories lmao. 👑

@jordanshadle646 4 ай бұрын

Won Hee Lee did a tournament recently so I think Jimmy's gotta come back and avenge his loss in Athens

@frankiecal3186 Ай бұрын

9 men and 9 women get sent to the Olympics for judo in each country that's way better then wrestling where it's 6 men and 6 women.

@jamesbyrd5175 4 ай бұрын

He's kind of right about wrestling. It's not super clear whether Russia or the US are better at Freestyle. Maybe the US is bit better now, it's still close. Iran is pretty strong, they are like the third wheel. Greco is a different matter. They are niche everywhere lol and the US is really bad. Easiest to make a team for them. I don't think the wrestling system is based on points. You have to place in the top 6 at the worlds prior to olympics to qualify a spot. If you don't do that, then you have to win a continental qualifier or then win a last chance world qualifier tournament.

@michaelyizzi3556 Ай бұрын

Is there a maximum age limit for Olympic Judo?

@poubina 5 ай бұрын

All this conversation makes me think about how difficult it should be to be a World and Olympic champion like Paula Pareto (Argentina) without those "numbers" in her wallet.